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1 Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E.B. Lewis Themes Encourage Others Pay-It-Forward Kindness Friendship Maya tries to befriend Chloe without success. After Maya moves away, Chloe begins to understand that small acts of kindness have a ripple effect that can change the world. Although she missed her opportunity with Maya, Chloe might be able to pay-it-forward the next time now that her heart understands more about how kindness moves forward. Key Vocabulary Fingers laced together: 2 people holding hands with fingers of one hand in the spaces of the other (demonstrate) Tattered: torn and ragged, possibly piece hanging off Secondhand store: place to be pre-used clothing and things Rippled: to move or flow outward, starts small and gets bigger and wider as it goes out Discussion Starters 1. Why do you think the other kids were not very nice to the new girl, Maya? Answers will vary. Bad appearances, clothes looked old and ragged, shoes were spring shoes not meant for snow, one shoe strap was broken, shy (whispered hello), already had other friends, unkind. 2. How do think Maya felt? How did she react to their unkindness? Maya kept trying, even though when she smiled there was no smile in return. Maya looked towards Chloe but she looked the other way. She invited them to play with her jacks and ended up playing by herself. She kept bringing other toys for them to play with even though they said no. Maya never gave up trying to be friends with them. She also didn t let them stop her having fun (she played by herself). NOTE: Show students the illustrations again to see if there are visual clues to how Maya felt. When your school had The NED Show, most likely it was gifted to you by another school. So when you bought a yo-yo after the assembly, you helped pay it forward to the next school. Now that s keeping kindness going! Activity: Ripple Demonstration Model the kindness lesson the teacher did in the book. Fill a large bowl with water and drop a small stone in it. Have students describe the tiny waves that ripple out, away from the stone. Explain that kindness is like this each little thing we do goes out, like a ripple into the world. Add to the explanation that the rings don t always touch each other but rather they move further away from the center. Kindness can be like this if you pay-it-forward...it keeps rippling out to different people and can get bigger and bigger, touching more people. Aligned to Common Standards For correlation information for all of our lesson plans, please visit thenedshow.com/lessonplans 3. Why did Chloe not drop her stone in the water? Answers will vary. She didn t feel she had done anything kind, especially to Maya. 4. What changed after Maya was gone? How did she feel? Chloe felt regret that she had not done anything kind. She wished she had acted differently. 5. If NED were a student at the school, how could he have encouraged Chloe? 2015 All for KIDZ, Inc. Producers of The NED Show All Rights Reserved Free lesson plans & resources at

2 Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E.B. Lewis Writing Prompts What Happens Next? Teacher Note: These prompts work as an interactive class writing activity or individual writing. Brainstorm and discuss what might happen after this story ends. Chloe missed the first opportunity with Maya but she should look for the next opportunity. Will she respond differently? How will it impact others? What happens next for Maya? Is it possible for Chloe s next act of kindness to be paid forward all the way to Maya? Journal Writing Prompt Ms. Albert said, Each kindness makes the whole world a little bit better. Write about a kindness that you can pay forward that might make the world a little bit better. Activities The Human Pay-It-Forward Chain Have students model paying-it-forward! Start a linked arm chain until everyone in the class is part of the chain. Begin by saying something kind about one student. The student joins you in the front of the room. That student now calls out another student s name and says something kind. That student joins the chain. The chain keeps growing until all students in the room are part of the chain. PRINTABLE: PIF Kindness Chart PRINTABLE: Ripples of Kindness Pay-It-Forward Kindness Chart Ask: Now what? How can we pay-it-forward from our classroom? Answers will vary. Direct student to see that kindness can be paid forward at home, school and community. Divide students into three groups and assign each one of the columns on the printable. Have each group brainstorm and record their ideas for paying kindness forward. Each group should take five minutes to list as many ideas as they can and then pass it forward to the next group who reads their ideas and adds new ideas. Keep passing it forward until all students have contributed to all three categories. Ripples of Kindness Use the printable to create ripples of kindness in the classroom. Each student starts by extending kindness to someone. That student then pays-it-forward to someone else. How big can your ripple of kindness get? Additional Resources For more info... Accelerated Reading Quiz: Author website: Create a Kindness Day at Your School! Check out all the activities, available at creating an all-school celebration of kindness at your school! Daily announcements, a poster, a bulletin board kit, kindness cards and more can help kick start a Kindness Day! Kindness Button Did you know you can purchase NED s kindness buttons for your class? Visit com/shop_ned. Use them as a reward or incentive to encourage your students as they pay kindness forward! 2015 All for KIDZ, Inc. Producers of The NED Show All Rights Reserved Free lesson plans & resources at

3 Name: Kindness can be paid forward at home, school and community. How can you pay-it-forward? Record your ideas for paying kindness forward in the three columns. List as many ideas as you can! Family Kindness School Kindness Community Kindness Set the table for dinner Pick up garbage at recess Collect socks for homeless 2015 All for KIDZ, Inc. Producers of The NED Show All Rights Reserved Pay It Forward Kindness Chart

4 Directions: Create a ripple of kindness in your classroom by writing a kind sentence about someone. Hand the paper to that person. That student then pays it forward to someone else by writing a kind sentence about someone else. How big can your ripple of kindness get? NED encouraged me to do my best 2015 All for KIDZ, Inc. Producers of The NED Show All Rights Reserved Ripples of Kindness 1

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6 Video Lesson Plan Color Your World with Kindness Themes Encourage Others Acts of Kindness Sharing & Helping Happiness & Joy Preventing Bullying Pay-It-Forward Is it possible to Color Your World with Kindness? This delightful, two-minute animated video by A Better World demonstrates that small acts of kindness can indeed change feelings and attitudes of others the whole world round! Animated video: 2013 by A Better World Learn more about A Better World at ABetterWorld.com Discussion Starters 1. Recall the four events that kept kindness going in the video. Act of Kindness Boy shares apple with girl who has a rotten banana. Act of Kindness Girl returns lost item to man on the street. Act of Kindness Man helps elderly lady with heavy suitcase on plane. Act of Kindness Lady on plane helps mom (and passengers behind them) with crying baby. 2. Describe how each kind act impacted the recipient. Answers with vary. Stopped crying, went from sad to happy, smiles, gained confidence, heartwarming, less grumpy, contented, polite, joyful, etc. 3. Why do you think the video was titled Color Your World with Kindness? When color was added to the video what feelings were conveyed? Answers will vary. 4. Have you ever had someone do a kind act like this for you? How did you feel when someone did something unexpectedly kind for you? Allow students to share similar stories. 5. How does it feel when someone is unkind to you? How does it feel when you are unkind to someone? What do you gain by saying and doing unkind things? Answers will vary All for KIDZ, Inc. Producers of The NED Show All Rights Reserved Free lesson plans & resources at

7 Video Lesson Plan Color Your World with Kindness 6. Describe the relationship between the person who acts kindly and the person who receives kindness, from each scenario in the video. The boy and girl were probably students at same school and knew each other they were sitting next to each other at lunch. Others did not seem to even know each other. For lesson plans, a classroom video, bulletin board kit and student activities see our original lesson plan unit Preventing Bullying available at: 7. Should we only be kind to kids we know? Why or why not? How could it help make our school a safer place if more kids were kind to others? Teacher Note: Be prepared to discuss stranger danger and only doing acts of kindness to strangers in the presence of a safe adult. 8. Should we be kind to kids at school who are unkind to us? What about being kind to a bully? 9. What might happen if everyone was kind to the school bully? Do you believe that kindness has the power to change how a bully feels and acts? Activities More than Nice! Brainstorm a list of positive, feel good words appropriate for the age of your students. Create a class word chart so that students have multiple word choices to use when talking and writing about positive feelings. Suggest older students create their own wordle (see the free word cloud generator at PRINTABLE: Flow Chart Pay It Forward What can you do to keep kindness going? Kindness has the power to change how people feel, think, and treat others. Try being kind to someone who has been unkind to you and see where it goes. Record each act on the printable provided. Additional Bullying Prevention Support Have a discussion with your students about NEVER GIVING UP on helping their school to be safe. ENCOURAGE them to be Upstanders when they see unkind acts and DO THEIR BEST to be kind to all kids - even a bully. Could a simple act of kindness have an impact on how a bully things, speaks, and acts? What if all kids in the school were kind to the bully? For more support - Use NED s Preventing Bullying video and lesson plans at Additional Resources For more info... A Better World website: ABetterWorld.com Create a Kindness Day at Your School! Check out all the activities, available at creating an all-school celebration of kindness at your school! Daily announcements, a poster, a bulletin board kit, kindness cards and more can help kick start a Kindness Day! Kindness Button Did you know you can purchase NED s kindness buttons for your class? Visit com/shop_ned. Use them as a reward or incentive to encourage your students as they pay kindness forward! 2015 All for KIDZ, Inc. Producers of The NED Show All Rights Reserved Free lesson plans & resources at

8 Directions: Show someone kindness! Then, describe your act of kindness in the first box and pass the paper on to someone else in order to keep the kindness going! My Act of Kindness My Act of Kindness My Act of Kindness My Act of Kindness My Name: My Name: My Name: My Name: 2015 All for KIDZ, Inc. Producers of The NED Show All Rights Reserved Keep Kindness Going Flow Chart

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